Introduction

In this case Plaintiff seeks a ruling (1) vacating the Secretary’s findings determining the onset date of plaintiff’s claim for disability: (2) establishing June 8, 1983 as the onset date of plaintiff’s clam, and/or (3) in the alternative, remanding this matter to the Secretary for a new determination of the date of onset of plaintiff’s disability based on the entire medical record, under title XVI of the Social Security Act.
Plaintiff believes that substantial evidence in the record as a whole supports a finding of disability prior to August 6, 1984 and that she is thus entitled to summary judgment in her favor.
II.
Summary of Plaintiff’s Claim

Plaintiff is a forty-four year old woman who, prior to 1981, has worked continuously for the past twenty years, fifteen of those years as a typist and word processor and the last ten years operating her own typesetting and secretarial service. Her …show more content…
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